A judge on Monday dismissed the crux of a lawsuit initiated by the NAACP last month against the Arlington school district that demanded that Nichols Junior High School be shuttered until the source of an illness could be found and eradicated, according to officials. Judge Tom Lowe of the 236th State District Court dismissed the school district, school board president and superintendent as …
An anonymous reader writes: River City Media, the company accused of running a huge spam operation, has filed a lawsuit against the security researcher and the journalist who exposed their activities. In a ludicrous lawsuit complaint, the company claims the security researcher didn’t just stumble upon its unprotected Rsync server, but “perpetrated a coordinated, months-long cyberattack,” during …
A coalition of public educators, administrators and parents gathered on the steps of a Glendale middle school Monday to announce a $2 billion lawsuit against the state. The suit, headed by the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, contends the governor, state legislators and the school facilities board have failed in their constitutional duty to financially support school districts for capital funding needs. “The state’s failure to provide funding for school buildings, facilities, and …
Conservative talk show host Tomi Lahren has agreed to a settlement that ends her lawsuit against Glenn Beck and his online platform, The Blaze. The lawsuit filed in Dallas, Texas, had alleged wrongful termination. Lahren was ousted from her program after she said she was in favor of abortion rights while appearing on ABC’s “The View” on March 17.
The ‘bad news’ continues at Fox News The lawsuits keep piling up for Fox News, with a new complaint filed Monday by a reporter alleging gender discrimination. Diana Falzone, an on-air personality and host of various online shows for Fox, claims she was demoted after writing a column for FoxNews.com in January that detailed her struggle with endometriosis, a painful disorder that can result in …
Five men who say they were sexually abused as kids while in the Boy Scouts of America are suing the organization and the Mormon church because they say both groups fraudulently presented the Boy Scouts as a safe, wholesome activity for boys. The men filed the lawsuit Monday in Boise’s U.S. District Court. They contend that the Boy Scouts of America and The Church of Jesus Christ …
The organizers of last weekend’s spectacularly bungled Fyre Fest are now offering refunds to people who paid way too much for tickets — even if those people have to fill out applications to get their money back — but that’s not enough for at least one of the ticket-buyers. As SPIN points out, the high-powered attorney Mark Geragos has filed a $100 million federal class action lawsuit on behalf …
With the Bridgegate trial now over, a federal judge has ruled that Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale can have his day in court. In a ruling filed Monday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Leda Wettre reopened a whistleblower lawsuit Speziale filed against the Port Authority that had been put on hold more than a year ago pending the outcome of the Bridgegate trial. Speziale originally filed …
More than 70 percent of Airbnb’s short-term rental listings in San Francisco could soon be purged off the site following a settlement between the home-sharing company and its hometown. Airbnb sued San Francisco in June to block the city from enacting tougher regulations that would slap home-sharing companies with pricey fines and possible criminal penalties if they post rental listings that …
Allegations of racism and bigotry against news organizations, sadly, aren’t new. The recent spate of high-profile lawsuits highlighted a longstanding issue for the industry. Last week, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) issued a statement on its website in reaction to allegations of racial discrimination against CNN competitor Fox News.